Going Through The Rebuild

Going through a major repair or rebuild is not an easy task. This project started in the end of April and should be finally finished this Thursday (July 19th). We are in the process of having the motor freshened up by Nelson Performance in Pinellas Park. It includes new rings, bearings, valve seals, springs and a new set of shaft mounted rockers on top of correcting all of the little things that were wrong.



Seventy percent of the engine work done by Nelson Performance is developmental, monster cubic inch motors for NMCA or Pro Mod racers and they are typically very backlogged. We were lucky to have been able to be squeezed into their schedule. But, waiting is a big part of it and that's the price you have to pay for quality. We're hoping for 400 passes from this motor. All of the chassis work was done by Bodley Racing and Fabrication in Clearwater. The car also needed a more professional look so we enlisted the help of American Powder Coating in Tampa to add a little Candy Apple Red color to the car, just to spruce it up.One of the big projects was to move the fuel cell to the nose of the car to allow easier access to the entire fuel system and then to move the batteries to the rear of the car to lighten up the front end and get all that weight under the rear tires. This should help our consistency greatly on a slick race track. We also had Will Bodley ( on the right in the grey shirt ) redesign the deflector shield to allow more room between the front of the motor and the back of the roll cage.

When we bought the car, the rear wing came with it but wasn't installed. We wanted to put the wing back on the car just to add some stability on the top end when running quarter mile tracks. We also thought that while we had the car in the chassis shop that now was a good time to go ahead and have an oil catch pan installed to meet the new 2008 NHRA rules requirement. We have a commitment from Chris Nelson to have the motor back tomorrow night so with about four hours of buttoning it up and with a little polish, she should be ready to take to Lakeland on Friday for new graphics. Now, it's starting to get exciting